CVE-2017-8551 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint software fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted requests, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS vulnerability".

Published: 2017-06-15

Score: 6.1 Medium

EPSS: 3.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft SharePoint

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Microsoft Project Server 2013 Service Pack 1`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-17501	An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint software fails to properly sanitize a specially crafted requests, aka "Microsoft SharePoint XSS vulnerability".

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03263.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98913
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038663
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8551

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Project Server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-06-15T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T16:41:23.520Z

Reserved: 2017-05-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-8551

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-15T01:29:04.693

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:26:33.950

Link: CVE-2017-8551

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

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